Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A recent case - involving P...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked by a lettings trade group. David...

The online platform teclet, which enables agents to automate the lettings and management process, has announced that Movinghub has become an integrated API partner. Movinghub joins other...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent year-on-year increase driven mostly by...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the first case to be featured...

A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not providing full property management to...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year this demographic has accounted for...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting - and they form a...

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are the TDS Charitable Foundation and the...

A lettings sector trade body has written to a council accusing it of initiating an “unlawful” fee structure for a licensing scheme.  The Residential Landlords Association has...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made it absolutely necessary for potential...

Whirlpool has been ordered to recall 500,000 tumble dryers in what has been described as an “unprecedented” government move. Around half a million faulty machines, which were produced...

A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other property investors. Doug Shepherd, director of...

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one major player, flatfair. The first signing...

Private landlords are being asked to consider letting out their properties through the local council.  Slough council is looking for flats and houses which will then be...

Another independent agency has been acquired by franchise giant Martin & Co.  The firm’s Southend franchisee purchased the managed properties of local independent Park Estates, taking the...

Some observers think it may be unwise for agencies to reveal too many details of perks for staff but Connells has never been shy of letting...

The 24 year old head of an online lettings platform called Bunk says it’s up to letting agents to show they “still hold some value in...

The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords renting to tenants on housing...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry out repairs to his property. Following...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about the online lettings agency Upad. The agency had a reference ion its website to ‘UPay on...

Consultation is underway to extend a landlord licensing scheme in a London borough where a third of households rents privately.  Three types of licensing schemes already operate...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at least one piece of good...

Administrators have been appointed as a result of action taken by a major creditor of Brighton Holiday Homes, the agency which closed unexpectedly a fortnight ago. Paul...

A record number of tenancies have been agreed above £5,000 per week in London during the first four months of the year according to Tom Smith,...

A PropTech product is claiming a breakthrough for letting agents who can now access same-day referencing on prospective tenants. LetAlliance claims that for the first time in...

A branch of the Property Franchise Group brand Whitegates has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Whitegates Huddersfield now has over 700 managed properties as a result...

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV cameras were there to record...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners switch from buy to let...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and buy to let investors. Bob Cherry,...

Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers.  The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, and this...

Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as “the world's largest management company...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign group. Generation Rent, along with the...

One of the growing number of deposit alternative services, flatfair, has announced a partnership with lettings platform Goodlord. Agents and landlords can now add flatfair’s deposit-free service...

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise.  Property Master warned last month this was likely following...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of high rents. Yesterday we reported that...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi Hookway, the managing director of...

A branch of national agency Parkers has bolstered its managed portfolio by acquiring independent company Samuel James. Parkers’ Reading branch has also taken on six staff from...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of Britain in May. This brings the...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from the Resolution Foundation says the...

A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for no cause” - and one...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual returns above 2.5 per cent...

The owners of Cardiff’s branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co have more than doubled their managed portfolio of rental units through two...

Belvoir brand Newton Fallowell has acquired the sales and lettings business of Grantham’s oldest independent agency, Escritt Barrell Golding.  EBG, which was founded in 1860, will continue...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be retained until an adequate alternative...

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry - especially for independent firms. Property...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing investors out of the market. The...

The consumer charity Citizens Advice has hailed the Tenant Fees Act and the ban on letting agents’ charges to renters as “momentous.” It claims to have been...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the Labour party - insists it...

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are in relation to lettings and most...